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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years: 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 - 1846 - 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
Events
- January 5 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom
- February 5 - The Oregon Spectator becomes the first newspaper on the Pacific coast of the United States.
- February 10 - Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois to Great Salt Lake led by Brigham Young
- February 19 - In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed.
- April 25 - Mexican-American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.
- April 27: The first arrival of a train to Celje.
- May 8 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto - Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.
- May 13 - Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
- May 17 - The Saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax
- June 21 - Pope Pius IX ascends to the Holy See.
- July 7 - Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California.
- December 28: Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
- Emperor Komei ascends to the throne of Japan
- Potato crop fails in Ireland
Ongoing events
- Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Year in topic
- 1846 in literature:
- The Devil's Pond - George Sand
- 1845 in music:
- Strauss's Life of Jesus which inaugurates the 2nd Quest of the Historical Jesus
- 1846 in science:
- September 23: Discovery of Neptune by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
- 1846 in sports:
Births
- February 9 - Wilhelm Maybach, designer of engines and cars, industrialist (+ 1929)
- February 18 - Wilson Barrett, actor
- February 26 - Buffalo Bill, pioneer and officer, hunter and carny (+ 1917)
- April 4 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer. (+ 1870)
- May 25 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, third daughter of Queen Victoria
